Teaching

Historians urge departments to give their graduate students the confidence, skills and support to succeed in whatever career paths they choose. That means going out of their way to avoid implying that nonfaculty jobs are somehow “less than.”

Real-life experiences may confer some benefits, but what we offer students in our classrooms is significantly more valuable, argues John Kijinski.

By John Kijinski

If we’re in higher education to educate, Jillian Joyce asks, what keeps college teachers from learning more about teaching?

By Jillian Joyce

Bob Blaisdell never condemned a student for reading a book, regardless of its subject matter or author. Until one day.

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Students may resist it, but rereading a literary text offers many benefits, argues Rachel Wagner.

By Rachel Wagner

Editors discuss the way a key teaching role has evolved -- and should evolve.

Such learning is not only possible but also measurable, write Rebecca and Daniel Haggerty, who describe an approach that other institutions might consider adopting.

By Rebecca and Daniel Haggerty

A departmental committee told a professor he had to teach Judith Butler in his class in the name of gender balance. He refused. As for Butler, she doesn’t want her work forced on him.